Quote Originally Posted by Geanosssss
Quote Originally Posted by sauce123
i kind of think u played this hand too strong.
I agree

I dont see how you can have hm beat here. I dont think he would of come this far in the hand with a hand that your beating, if definitely looks like a slow-play to me. His river raise just confirms those thoughts for me, hes not raising the river with a hand your beating.

Your real downfall was how strongly you played your hand on the flop and turn, unnecessary aggression.
Yah I agree that the flop and turn were probably too aggressive. The flop just looked like the perfect spot to squeeze, with a very strong draw.

I probably should have check called the turn, after both players called my flop check-raise.

The timing of his calls lead me to believe that he wasn't that strong, and a part of me actually thought he could just have a J on the river, and would feel committed to calling my bet when the A fell.

As it turns out, he had 23 of spades, for a rivered straight. But nonetheless, I played it too strong.